Ken Livingstone – in pictures

15 November 1981: Livingstone on the London Programme Photograph: ITV/Rex Features

15 November 1982: Les Huckfield, Labour MP for Nuneaton, Harriet Harman, Labour MP for Peckham, and the Labour GLC leader Ken Livingstone at County Hall at a rally against threatened fare rises Photograph: PA

7 May 1983: Livingstone at a Brits Out of Ireland demonstration Photograph: Steve Bent / Mail On Sunday / R/Rex Features

18 February 1988: Livingstone making his debut as a male model. His six-hat trick was intended to smarten the appearance of Britain's men in the news Photograph: PA

28 April 1988: Livingstone leaves the House of Commons with his work in his briefcase and a Selfridges carrier bag. He was making a fuss about not having been given his own office Photograph: PA

29 September 1997: Livingstone adjusts his glasses during speeches on the first day of the Labour party conference Photograph: Ian Waldie/Reuters

7 September 1999: Livingstone launches his campaign to become mayor of London Photograph: Garry Weaser/Guardian

31 October 1999: London mayor hopefuls Ken Livingstone and Lord Jeffrey Archer taking part in the opening of the London North City Walk Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

19 November 1999: Livingstone on the tube Photograph: Andy Hall/Observer

5 May 2000: The Sun shows the independent London mayor candidate Ken Livingstone as South Park character Kenny Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

5 May 2000: London's newly elected mayor, Ken Livingstone, shakes hands with his former Labour colleague Frank Dobson, then the official Labour candidate for mayor Photograph: Martyn Hayhow/EPA

11 May 2000: The Queen is greeted by Livingstone on her arrival at the opening of the Tate Modern Photograph: Kieran Doherty/PA

18 May 2001: Livingstone and Labour candidate Andrew Dismore enjoy a bacon sandwich in north London Photograph: Peter Jordan/PA

22 January 2002: Livingstone, then mayor, and commissioner of Transport for London Bob Kiley on the 159 bus Photograph: Denis Jones/Rex Features

21 January 2002: Livingstone with some of the thousand new police recruits joining the Metropolitan police Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

16 January 2004: Tony Blair with Livingstone at the launch of London's bid for the 2012 Olympics held at the Royal Opera House Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

2 February 2004: Livingstone at a press conference to confirm him as Labour party candidate in the London mayoral election Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian

14 November 2005: Livingstone holds a Routemaster model bus at a photocall in Trafalgar Square Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

6 July 2005: Denise Lewis, Livingstone and Tessa Jowell celebrate as London is awarded the 2012 Olympics by the IOC Photograph: John Gichigi/Getty Images

7 July 2006: Ken Livingstone lays a wreath at the King's Cross station memorial garden Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

31 May 2007: Livingstone in his office next to a map of London with mascots from the Beijing Olympics Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

26 September 2007: Livingstone raises prime minister Gordon Brown's hand during the Labour party conference in Bournemouth Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

3 May 2008: Boris Johnson with Ken Livingstone at City Hall, where Johnson was elected mayor Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

30 April 2012: Candidate Livingstone at the launch of a poster to aid his mayoral re-election bid Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

30 April 2012: Livingstone visits a supermarket on the campaign trail in south London Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA